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Chapter Ten: section 3 : The War Begins!
Bohemia agreed to join us in the war against France. Wurzburg initially refused, and changed their minds two days later. Brandenburg did the same, only it took them two weeks to change their minds.
The first attack upon us was on December 5, from Friesland. The hit us in our center of trade, Flandern. Lt. General Ferdinand and the Erzherzog Army quickly discouraged the Friesland army, who turned and ran away almost immediately. We thought things were going pretty well until France attacked us the next week. After two weeks of relentless battle against France in Pfalz, our brave army was completely killed. The French army initiated a siege upon our province of Pfalz.
The year 1541 started with a peasant revolt in Schwyz. We knew there would be uprising during this war, yet we did not expect them so soon.
Colonel Jogersdorf and the Austrian Army of Italy were making their way to Zeeland from Tirol. They ran into French troops at home in Lorraine, and engaged them in battle. Colonel Jogersdorf saw that they were losing the battle, and had his army sneak off to Pfalz. They arrived in Pfalz to find the place under the siege by a French army. The Austrian Army of Italy did their best to put out the military from France, however the battle was lost, as was every member of the Austrian Army of Italy.
On February 15, 1541, we accepted a white peace with Genoa. On the same day, we began training more military in Luxembourg.
We received a peace offer from France on April 3, 1541. Part of the agreement was that we give up the province of Schwyz. This would put a gap between our provinces of Bern and Tirol, with France right in the middle. Giving France Schwyz would give them perfect strategic positioning to launch future attacks on us, as they would have access to Tirol, Lombardia, Wurttemberg, and Bern. As much as we hated to go on with the war, we could not agree to these terms. There was no way we would give up Schwyz to France. The war continued on.
